The Middle Ages by Winston Black - 9781440862311

The Middle AgesFacts and Fictions\nAuthor(s): Winston Black\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: ABC-CLIO\nISBN-13: 9781440862311, 978-1440862311\nSynopsis\nThis book guides readers through 10 pervasive fictions about medieval history, provides them with the sources and analytical tools to critique those fictions, and identifies what really happened in the Middle Ages.\nThis book is the first to present fictions about the medieval world to serious students of history. Instead of merely listing myths and stating they are wrong, this volume promotes critical historical analysis of those myths and how they came to be. Each of the ten chapters outlines a pervasive modern myth about medieval European history, describing \""What People Think Happened\"" and \""What Really Happened,\"" and illustrating both trends with primary source documents.\n\nThe book demonstrates that historical fictions also have a history, and that while we need to replace tho.